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I cannot remember any lame duck session of any legislature where lawmakers were trying to do as much in as short a time as they are in Lansing now. They are trying to grapple with vast changes to personal, meaning business, property tax in this state.

They are working on major changes to Blue Cross-- a new regional transportation system for Metropolitan Detroit.

Some vast war over right-to-work legislation is increasingly likely. And now it seems that the lawmakers will be asked to pass some new version of an emergency manager law.

As the prospect of a Chapter 9 Bankruptcy looms over Detroit, many are wondering what will become of the city.

We spoke with Forbes.com contributor Micki Maynard and the Detroit News' Daniel Howes about restructuring the city and those who run it.

“It would be very difficult for the image of the city. It would be the largest municipal bankruptcy in the history of the country. It would probably last three years and be very unforgiving to the employees and residents,” said Howes.

Howes insisted that taxpayers would mostly likely have to fund the restructuring of the city.

Darren Nichols and Leonard Fleming of the Detroit News also report state officials are warning city leaders about the potential appointment of an emergency financial manager.

Dillon, a top administration source said, has spoken to Mayor Dave Bing personally about the movement toward an emergency financial manager. Other city leaders have been approached and will continue to be contacted throughout the day, the source said.

The News reports a spokesman has confirmed the meetings took place this morning:

"The Treasurer has heard growing concerns, from his discussions with members of the Financial Advisory Board and others in the city, about the city's near-term ability to meet its financial obligations and its long-term viability," his spokesman Terry Stanton said in a released statement.

"While we continue to work collaboratively with the city to move it forward, the EFM option cannot be taken off the table. As the Treasurer has noted many times, delaying reforms and tough decisions only promises to make eventual solutions more difficult and painful."

1:58 p.m.

Matt Helms of the Detroit Free Press quotes anonymous sources reporting that State Treasurer Andy Dillon is apparently issuing an ultimatum to Detroit's Mayor and City Council - "implement reforms immediately or risk appointment of a manager."

Helms reports his sources say Dillon has been discussing who would be named to the position and the roles of Mayor Bing and the City Council under such an arrangement:

A ranking city official who spoke only on condition of anonymity said he spoke with Dillon by phone this morning and was told that the Bing administration’s inability to fix Detroit’s immediate cash crisis and enact major financial reform gave the state no choice but to bring in an outside manager.

The conversations appeared to give the city only one way out: through approving a series of reforms Bing’s administration said it will negotiate with the council ahead of its next meeting Dec. 11.

Bing has promised more negotiations to fix the city's troubled finances.

Neither Bing nor state officials would comment for Helms' report.

Michigan Radio is working to confirm these reports and will have more later.